Aerovel Flexrotor - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description:

Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. We are a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We aim for a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defense as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international - with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft and helicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than six fold order book increase since 2000.

Are you ready to soar with us? Aerovel, a trailblazer in the unmanned aircraft industry, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to guarantee the conformity of a product/service to the requirements specified by DO, Authorities and our customers, and support on quality on time and on cost delivery by delivering right first time to increase customer loyalty. 

Meet the Team:

The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by US and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea.

Your Working Environment:

Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game-changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings. Whether it's solving complex challenges, or celebrating victories, you’ll be part of a cohesive crew that thrives on innovation and the beauty that the Northwest has to offer!

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

• Lead and develop manufacturing processes, procedures, and workflows for assembly of mechanical and electrical aerospace products, achieving company goals and vision of the 5S manufacturing environment.

• Identify and track risks and issues with manufacturing process quality, consistency, and efficiency; prioritizes, leads and manages resolution of.

• Create, release, version control, and maintain manufacturing work instructions.

• Implement 5S in design of process, tool sets, part kits, and workstations

• Maintain M-BOM, configuration control of, and compliance to engineering design.

• Design tools, fixtures, jigs, and work space for efficient, accurate, and repeatable manufacturing assembly and test.

• Determine in-process quality inspection equipment and steps required to achieve technical specification.

• Conceptualize, design, develop, and fabricate in-process and post-process static and dynamic test equipment for verification of critical to quality features and function.

• Participate in design review with design engineering, providing input where applicable to internal manufacturing

• Provide training to manufacturing staff on new procedures

• Provide manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements.

• Support new production, and MRO.

• Evaluate manufacturing processes and identifies opportunities to improve quality, consistency, and efficiency; prioritized and leads implementation of.

• Apply knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators to improve processes and environment.

• Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

• Improve traceability of as-built product at all levels of child parts

• Continuously improves processes with implementation of 5S methodologies.

• Ensure timely implementation of process improvement and general projects.

• Assume the role of Project Manager for special projects, as requested.

• Manage budgets, facilitation, timeline and change management for all assigned projects.

Your Boarding Pass:

• Bachelors of Science degree or greater in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent.

• 10 years of relevant experience in Engineering. 

• Demonstrated experience in 5S methodology implementation, standardization, and upkeep of manufacturing systems.

• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, schematics, Bills of Material, and configuration definition documents.

• Ability to author and structure manufacturing work instructions, define BOMS, manufacturing workflows, tool and part control.

• knowledge and skills in use of and designing jigs and fixtures

• Knowledge in process inspection and traceability.

• Knowledge of manufacturing ergonomics.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, and technical procedures.

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 100% - Daily except when on travel. 

• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings daily

• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds including safety warnings or alarms daily

• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications daily

• Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment daily

• Carrying: able to carry documents, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs daily

• Lifting: able to lift documents, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs daily

• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture occasionally

• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer daily

• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving occasionally

• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices daily

• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice rarely

• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces daily

• Personal Protective Equipment required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Ability to work in the US without current, or future, need for visa sponsorship/work authorization is required for this opportunity.

Summary pay range:  $127,000 - $172,000 per year.  

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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